Update: I was unfortunately not aware of Shamus Young's severe criticism of Fallout 3 available here to link in the original piece and I regret that. It dovetails rather nicely with what I've written and it's much better executed than my piece. I strongly recommend anyone...

If they're actually taking the negative feedback seriously and are going to re-think The One then kudos to them. People do like Kinnect, and it will sell, but you're polarizing your customers by refusing the option to have it. And the end result is gamers who don't want Kinnect don't buy it, and possibly switch to Sony. People want choice, they also want a console that plays games freely. I mean can you imagine you bring a movie over to your friend's and it won't play because it's locked to your blu-ray player at home? LOL

Straight from the XBox Facebook page:
We at Xbox love games. More importantly, we at Xbox love gamers. Today we announced changes to Xbox One and how you can play, share, loan and resell your games exactly as you do today on Xbox 360. Also, an internet connection won’t be required to play offline Xbox One games. We look forward to gaming with you for years to come.

As one who relies almost entirely on GameFly, this is news I was waiting for. I'm not an early adopter however. I'll still wait a year or so after release before picking one up. Hopefully after they come out with a cheaper Kinect-less model._________________We are Groot

*Puts crazy conspiracy hat on* this was microsoft's plan the whole time! The named it the xonxone as a hint that they would drum out negativity and then do a 180 to gain everyone's praise. Now it is truly, The xbox180 *Throws hat away*

On the real, I'm happy for my gamer friends that will be getting a xboxone. Taking these restrictions away has caused those friends of mine to no longer abandon microsoft and will be getting a xboxone now._________________“I do like metaphorical heroin and my heroin dealer. EA”

Go fuck yourself, MS. Back-track all you want, but we won't forget the utter contempt you showed for customers. The only reason for this 180 is because publishers were probably shouting all up in their face, threatening to abandon the console, etc._________________https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuluUJK9tHY
Oi

It's good to see them taking the criticism to a constructive level. I'm happy they did this. The always online thing was pretty bad, so the fact that they withdrew that will make people sway a bit._________________